Major Programs Under Central Plan 2016-17

Central Plan is a sub-component of Plan expenditure, the other being Central Assistance to states. Programs under Central Plan are known as Central sector schemes. The Central Plan 2016-17 has two components. The major component is provided by Budgetary support while the second part comes from the extra-budget resources of the Public Sector Undertakings. If you need more clarity on this refer our note on Central Plan and Central Assistance, where we have explained the concept in detail.

As of now, let’s focus our discussion on the details of Central Plan 2016-17.

Central Plan: 2016-17

Look at Indian Budget 2016-17. You can see the planned expenditure of Rs. 5,50, 010 crores. This figure is total plan outlay. You need to add extra-budgetary resources to this figure and subtract the Central Assistance to States to get the Central Plan of Rs. 7,06,248 crores. As clearly visible from the below figure, the priority sectors of the Central government as per the Central Plan are Transport, Energy and Social Services.

Major Programs Under Central Plan: Budget 2016-17

The important schemes or programs under the central plan as per budget 2016, and the allocation in crores of rupees are listed out below.

Krishyonnati Yojana – 2185

Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) & other Institutes – 3700

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